tapeworm

The new data could help identify treatments for diseases ranging from river blindness to schistosomiasis.

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Researchers describe more than 200 species of tapeworm from a decade-long collection of tapeworms from the digestive systems of animals around the world. 

Researchers sequence a rare species of parasitic worm pulled from a patient’s cerebrum, where it was causing seizures, headaches, and flashbacks.

What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes